Brownsville Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 151, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. NX. NO. 151. BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TUESDAY DECEMBER 31 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS
PRISONERS SING
AFTER SENTENCE
..Tim-. •-i
THIRTY THREE DEFENDANTS IN
DYNAMITE TRIALS SENTENCED
YESTERDAY BY JUDGE ANDER-
SON.
SENTENCES RANGE FROM SEVEN
YEARS IN PENITENTIARY IN
RYAN S CASE TO A YEAR AND A
DAY.
(//// Associated Press.)
Indianapolis Ind. Doc. 30.—Thirty-
three of the thirty-eight labor leaders
who were adjudged guilty here Saturday
of conspiracy in connection with the Mc-
Namara dynamite jdots must serve
terms in the federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth the terms ranging from a
year and a day to seven years.
The heaviest penalty was given Frank
M. Ryan president of the Iron Work-
ers' Union who was sentenced to seven
years while eight men all affiliated
with Ryan get six years.
Two got four years twelve gel three
years four got two years six get one
year and a day. Five defendants and
Edward Clark the Cincinnati dynami-
ter who confessed will be liberated un-
der suspended sentences.
Olaf A. Tveitmoe of San Francisco
the only man convicted who was not a
member of the Iron Workers' Union but
it was he who was charged with having
conspired with Ryan and McNamara to
destroy life and property on the Pacific
coast.
Tveitmoe's sentence was six years in
Reading. ;
In a statement from the bench Judge
Anderson said:
‘•The evidence shows some of these de-
fendants to be guilty of murder." He
also declared: “Govenment by injunc-
tion is infinitely to be preferred to gov-
ernment by dynamite.”
Steps toward appeal in United States
appellate court have already been taken!
OFFICIALS DISCOVER
COUNTERFEIT SILL
OF THE DENOMINATION OF FIVE
DOLLARS AND SO PERFECTLY)
EXECUTED AS TO FOOL TREAS-
URY EXPERTS.
EXTENT OF CIRCULATION OF
COUNTERFEIT NOT KNOWN—A
WIDESPREAD WARNING SENT
OUT BY TREASURY OFFICIALS.
(By Associated Press.) .
Washington. Dee. 30.—Alarm seized
treasury officials today when a counter-
feit $5 silver certificate the most dan-
gerous imitation of United States cur-
rency since tin* famous “Monroe Head"
hundred dollar bill was discoved in cir-
culation.
So perfect is the bogus note that may
Employes of the treasury department
thought it was genuine.
The bill is so dangerous that it was
brought to the notice of Secretary Mac-
Veagh. The extent to which the conn-
forfeit is circulated is not known but
experts are investigating and a wide-'
spread warning was issued.
by the defense.
Tin* marshal would not state what
time tin* men are to be taken to Fort
Leavenworth but it is understood they
will start tomorrow.
Less than twenty minutes were taken
in imposing tin* sentence. Tin* judge
asked the men if they had anything to
say but only six replied all protesting
their innocence. All six declared they
believed dynamiting was wrong and they
all received suspended sentence except
William IJernhardt who received a year
and a day. On the march to the jail
after sentence the prisoners sang “On.
the Ranks of the Shannon” and in the
jail they joined in the song ‘‘Where Is
My Wandering Roy Tonight?”
I SAN BENITO 1
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BIG CANAL TOWN |
The livest and largest new town in Texas in the'*!
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY
San Benito has grown from nothing to over four thousand population In
four years and today offers best location for commercial and In-
dustrial nterprises in Southwest Texas. Natural advantages
and improvements already made Insure city of Importance.
The growth and development have onlv started
NEARLY HALF A MILLION
Hollars railrc d business on St Ixnils Brownsyllle and Mexico Kailwat
at Ran Benito In one year. Rlxty-seven per cen. Increase over business
of previous year. [
Year ending April 30th 1911 1912
i Freight received 142819.44 235.880.2C
I Freight forwarded 42839.33 96100.31
Express received 12539.64 15.426.23 1
Express forw'arded 18098.34 19025.44
Ticket sales 31460.95 43960.66
«(/ Excess Baggage * 292.25 478.70
Switching storage and
.(( demurrage No record 3204.11
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Total Value of Business 248050.95 414075.65
Above represents only the amount paid to the St. L. B. & M. for hand-
ling business shown and NOT THE VALUE OF PRODUCTS HANDLED.
Eighty Thousand Acres of Rich Delta Soil
Irrigated from the big San Benito Janal surround the town of San Be
nlto. Twenty-five thousand acres already in cultivation.
Interurban Railroad Now in Progress
over 40000 acres of this tract serving every farm with convenient
freight and express service. Extension being made on the balance of
the tract. Rio Hondo Santa Maria Carricltoe Los Indios and La Paloma
on Interurban ivad out of San Benito. Convenient schedule.
It will Pay you to Investigate San Benito
before engaging in farming commercial or Industrial en arprlses else-
where In Texas.
SAN BENITO UNO 8 WATER COMPANY
SIN BENITO. TEXIS.
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TO THE PUBLIC
We wish to thank you for your liberal
patronage during the year just passed.
You have made our business a success and
it will be our pleasure at all times to serve
you in the best way possible.
Yours truly
Peoples’ Ice & Mfg. Co
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST COUNCIL
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MUST SNOW CAUSE WHY MAXI)AM
i US SHALL ISSUE TO COMPEL
LEVY OF TAX FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
CASE WILL BE HEARD AT COR-
PUS CHRISTI.AT XIXE O'CLOCK
OX THE MORXIXG OF JANUARY
ELEVENTH.
A hearing for the members of the
Brownsville eitv council to show cause
if any they have why the Brownsville
school board should not I>e granted a
writ of niandanus to force tin* council to
pass a twenty per cent tax for the lnm-
;eflt of the public school has been set by
District Judge Hopkins. The hearing is
j slated to be held at Corpus Christi at
9 o'clock on the morning of January --
1913.
City Secretary Crisanto Villareal
served notice of the hearing upon May-
or A. B. Cole Aldermen B. L. Cain T.
Crixell IV. S. Blaekshear. C. II. Thorn
and A. Benavides. .Mr. Villareal how-
ever was unable to locate Aldermen L.
Cobolini II. J. Kirk and Jas. A. Browne
all three of whom it is stated went
hunting yesterday morning.
Judge J. A. Graham returned Sunday
night from Corpus Christi. where he
went Saturday to present a jietition for
the writ of niandanus before Judge Hop-
kins.
The notice as served to each member
is as follows:
“You will take notice that on Decem-
lier 2S. 1912. the Brownsville Independ-
ent School District and its trustees J.
L. Wortman Frank C. Pierce R. B.
Crenger F. W. Seabury. Macedonia Gar-
cia Geo. W. McGonigle and C. M. Gar-
za. filed suit in the district court of Cam-
eron county Texas being Xo. 2413 on
the Civil Docket against the City of
Brownsville and its City Council com-
jiosed of A. B. Cole. Teofilo Crixell. Dr.
P. II. Thorn Louis Cobolini II. J. Kirk
J. A. Browne B. L. Cain. S. 7^ Benavid-
es and W. S. Blaekshear for a writ of
Mamlanus to direct and compel said
r*ity its coucil and each member of its
council to jiass an ordinance levying a
Lax of twenty cents on each $100 in val- •
lie of all property within the city limits
r»f said independent school district for
the year 1912. for the maintenance of the
public free schools of said independent
•school district for the scholastic year of J
1912 and 1913 and on December 29. 1912. i
plaintiffs presented their petition in
mid cause with exhibits thereto attach
r»d to the Honorable W. B. Hopkins
judge of the 28tli Judicial District who
mi that day endorsed on said petition
his fiat or order in words and figures as
follows:
Corpus Christi. Texas Dee. 29. 1912.
The foregoing petition with exhib
its attached having this day boon
presented to me and lx*ing of the
opinion that the petitioners on the
facts alleged are entitled to the re-
lief prayed for. I hereby set the
cause for hearing at Corpus
Christi in Nueces county. Texas on
January 11 1912. at 9 o’clock a. m.
when and where the defendants and
each of them will appear and show
cause if any they have why the
Writs of Mandanus as prayed for
should not issue.
‘‘Plaintiffs will see that pro]x*r no
tice of this order is served on each
of the defendants at least fiivc days
before the day herein set for the
hearing.
Tin* attorneys for the plaintiffs the
school board. Seabury art* R. B. Craeger.
F. W. Seabury and Graham & Pierce.
With the exceptions of three mem-
lx*rs Aldermen Kirk' Cobolini and
Browne the council has shown its wil-
lingness to vote the 20 ]>er cent tax de-
sired by the school board but the nega-
tive vote of these three has been sufti
cient to defeat a motion to pass the
levy. It is stated that it will not be
necessary for the meml>ers of the coun-
cil to go to Corpus Christi but that
they can allow the matter to go by de-
fault. In this case should the judge
grant the writ all that will lx* neees-
j sary to comply with the court order
it is stated will lx* the favorable vote
of each memlx*r of the council. A nega-
tive vote by a memlx*r would hold him
liable to a jjjil sentence for contempt
of court.
It is probable however before the
date for the hearing arrives the finan
cial report of the city for the year end
ling April 20. 1912 the failure to pub-
lish which has caused the three out hold
iug aldermen to vote against a city tai
levy will have been completed. Should
this lx* the case and if the report is
found to lx* satisfactory it is presume*
that the council will get together on th»
| tax matter and pass the necessary levy
jThe hearing .herefore would not be held
YOUNG LADY ENDS LIFE
IN MOMENT OF MADNESS
_
IMT8R MARIA GARIBAV OF PROMI-
NENT MATAMOROS FAMILY
SHOT HERSELF THROUGH THE
HEART YESTERDAY MORNING.
iSIIE WAS A LEADER IN MOST EX-
CLUSIVE CIRCLES OF SOCIETY
AND RASH ACT CAUSED PRO
FOUND SENSATION.
With a single shot fired through her
heart. Sonorita Maria del Pilar Garibav
28 years old and the eldest daughter of
a prominent Matanioros family ended
her life yesterday just before noon at
her home in that city. She used an auto-
matic revolver and bared her breast
in order that she might l»e the surer of
reaching the vital spot and causing in-
stantaneous death.
) The family is very reticent concerning
I the details of the young woman's act.
It is said however that she was infatu-
ated with a prominent young Matamor
ensen. and that her family objected to a
J union between tin* young |ieople. She
|brooded over it until it is thought that
in a moment of temporary insanity she
j was prompted to take her life.
She was the daughter of Senor and
j Sen ora Lorenzo Garibav and had lived
I in Matanioros all her life. The family
moves in the most exclusive society in
the city across the river and has al j
ways been of the highest social promi-
nence. The young woman is said to have |
Iieen highly intelligent and the real head
of her family. She has four sisters all
of whom also are socially prominent.
The death of Senorita Garibav has
proved a stunning blow to Matanioros
society for she has for several years
been a leader in the social set. It is ex-
pected that the New Year's ball to be
given by the Union Club in Matanioros 1
tonight and the most elegant social
event of the year in that city will miss
a great many of the social leaders who
will mourn with her family. She has
lieen a familiar figure at these events
for several years.
Funeral arrangements had not lx*en
announced last night but the obsequies;
are expected to take place from the fam-
ily residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
STRIKERS REFUSE TO ARBITRATE
(By Associated Press.)
New York. Dec. !»U.—At a mass meet-
ing tonight the striking garment work-
ers refused to hear a plan for the arbi-
tration of the strike. It was announced
officially that T.'i.OOO ojierativos are now
out. and officials of the union declare
2(HMKMF will Ik* out by the end of the
week. It is believed that the strike may
spread to a number of other cities.
REBEL GENERAL SURRENDERED.
(lift Associated Press.)
Mexico City Dec. 30.—It was report -
here today that Gen. Luis Fernandes*
who was prominent in Orozco’s army
had surrendered with 200 ment to the
federals at Parral.
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WEATHER.
Barometer at 7 a. m. 30.10. 7 p. m.
30.04. Temperature at 7 a. m.. 51.3; at
7 p. m.. 63. Maximum temperature 49.8;
minimum temperature 51.3.
Forecast. East and West Texas—
Generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday
REPORTED FALL OF SCUTARI.
(/iff Associated Press.)
London. Dec. 30.—The Times has a
dispatch from Belgrade stating that the
ministerv of war there has received a
telegram declaring that Scutari has
{fallen before the Servian attack.
1 CATTLE.
—
(/iff Associated Press.)
Kansas City Mo. Dec. 30.—Cattle—
Receipts 15000 head including 2.500
Southerns; market steady; Southern
steers. $4.85 to $.75; calves $6 to $10.
Hogs—Receipts 7000 head; market 5c
•to 10c higher.
Sheep—Receipts 7.000 head; market
steady to strong.
(Bft Associated Press.)
Fort Worth. Dec. 30.—Cattle—Receipts
(2.000 head; beef steers strong $5.75 to
$6.70; calves receipts 300 head; market
{strong.
Hogs—Receipts 1.100 head market
steady to 5c lower; top. $7.75.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
I (fiff Associated Press.)
■ New Orleans. La.. Dec. 30.—Cottor
. closed steady at net advance 2 to
{wiints. Spot cotton unchanged.
TURKS WOULD LEAVE
ISSUES TD POWER'
SESSION OF PEAC E CONFERENCE
MOST STRAINED OF ANY SINCE
TIIE MEETING OF THE DELE
GATES.
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MEETING ADJOURNED UNTIL TO
MORROW WHEN ALLIES MAY
BRING ISSUES TO CRISIS BY UL-
TIMATUM.
(By Asxonatcd Pres*.)
London. Doc. ‘50.—After two weeks of
I sparring Turkey has finally shown her
hand in the peace conference by virtually
asking for mediation by tin* great tam-
ers.
Turkish delegates ottered this propo-
sition today in a session which was the
most strained of any since the negotia-
tions began.
Reehad Pasha the Turkish premier
I said he was able to state that his gov-
ernment held most of the questions
should be referred to the powers except
the differences with Bulgaria which was
a matter for settlement directly lie tween
the two governments.
The allies demanded these proposals in
writing but the Turks refused. The
conference adjourned until Wednesday
when the allies declare they will bring
the situation to a crisis by an ultima-
tum.
They will waste no more time waiting
on telegraphic conferences bet ween tin*
Turkish delegates and their government.
Turks believe mediation will be best
because the tendency of such an arrange-
ment always is toward a compromise
and because it would save their govern-
ment's prestige by making it apjiear that
she makes sacrifices only at tin* pressure
of all Europe instead of at the dictation
of the Balkan states.
The allies consider that mediation
would be a disadvantage to them. Ser
via and Montenegro especially believe it
would Ik* impossible to get an impartial
mediation with Austria participating.
They also fear Italian aspirations.
.SERVIANS WAGED
I1 BRUTAL WARFARE
BETWEEN KXMAXOV AND US
KITE THREE THOUSAND WERE
MASSACRED—MANY INSTANCES *
OF ETIIEME CRUELTY.
ROTATE OF ARMY WAS LINED
WITH HALLOWS FROM WHICH
(Itif Associated Press.)
London Dec. TO.—Revolting atrocities
in a deliberate jK>licy of Moslem exter
mi nation were practiced b vthe Servian
General Janovitch according to dis-
patcher. Three thousand were killed
between Knmanova and Uskup and
near Prisrend. Three thousand were
massacred with the most horrible cru-
elty. Women wen* toned to watch theirt
children hacked to pieces with bayonets.
Executions were the daily diversion of
the Servian soldiers. AH persona found
with arms were shot or hanged.
The route of the Servians was lined
with gallows from which Albanians were
left hanging. At Verisovitch the Ser-
vian commander invited the fugitives to
return and surrender. Four hundent
did so and were slaughtered. Near Kra-
tova General Ste|K*novitch placed hun-
dreds of prisoners in two rows and
mowed them down with machine guns. I
General Zikoviteh ordered 1*50 Alban-
ians and Turks killed because they op-
posed his progress.
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<% .4 ssociated Press.)
New York Dec. 30.—Castro ex presi-
dent of Venezuela whose landing the
United States officials will attempt to
prevent tonight sent this wireless ines-.
sage from his steamer: "Refusal to per-
mit me to land in New York will not
surprise me. but in that case the Ameri-
can people will have to cover up
statuo of liberty.” Castro says he
coming on a visit.
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tages and opportunities offered
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